While many U.S. states have dedicated high-security facilities to housing those convicted of the most violent sexual crimes, Washington has taken a somewhat different approach. As Vice News reported, 236 individuals deemed by the state to be a high risk for recidivism are living on McNeil Island, where they were transported against their will through …
A Washington state man will spend most of the next three decades behind bars for the brutal murder and dismembering of a woman in her home nearly two years ago. According to KCPQ, 39-year-old John Robert Charlton disposed of the Ingrid Lyne’s remains by dumping her body parts in a recycling bin. He had recently …
A Washington mother said she was brutally assaulted after confronting a man who was fondling himself in public. Amanda Edwards, 35, told KCPQ that the violent incident occurred last Monday night at a Safeway in Federal Way. The mother of three said she was in the grocery store’s parking lot when the man pulled up …
A Washington man was convicted this week of shooting four of his friends, killing three of them, in a July 2016 incident at a home in Woodhill. Though 37-year-old Brent Luyster maintained his innocence throughout the trial, a jury found him guilty of all charges brought against him. He was reportedly convicted of three counts …
After he was convicted in August of several charges related to the torture and death of his then-girlfriend’s disabled son, Matt Christenson learned his fate Friday at his sentencing hearing. Christenson, a 45-year-old from Auburn, Washington, was charged with brutally beating and abusing Otto Smith in 2014, ultimately causing his death in April of that …
Authorities found a flier of the missing girl in a house filled with illicit photos, children’s clothing
Detectives in Clark County, Washington, have announced that new DNA samples link two cold cases to convicted killer Warren Forrest, according to KOIN. The Columbian reports that blood on a weapon used by Forrest, 68, was found to belong to Martha Morrison, 17. The missing Portland girl’s body was found in a remote area in Vancouver, Washington, in …
For months, she asked teachers and school administrators for help against her bullies at a Bellevue, Washington, elementary school. Without any help, a school girl and her parents turned to Facebook for help. New York Daily News reports that Nasir Andrews, 9, made a heartfelt video of herself holding up index cards that told her story …
Not only is an elementary school teacher accused of forcing her students to bully one of her pupils, but an aide supposedly assaulted a student who took part in the bullying for reporting the incidents to police. KLFY reported that Washington Elementary School teacher Anne Marie Shelvin (pictured left) allegedly threatened to fail students if they …
UPDATE: Two people, said to be the parents of the baby, have been located and detained for questioning.
